Best horde race for defensive holy priest?

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  • Could someone please tell me which would be the best and explain why? I was looking at all of the racials, and the ones I like the most are undead, blood elf, and tauren.



    Thanks.
     
    I'd say BE for arcane torrent and that extra resist vs. sheeps
     
    Cowstomper said:
    Id say troll to cast some fast flashs



    Oh yeah, the 20% racial is nice. The only reason why I'm sort of against Trolls is because they have no passive resistance. Anything would be nice, even if it is nature. It doesn't hurt to occasionally resist any earthbinds or roots.



    R Prime said:
    I'd say BE for arcane torrent and that extra resist vs. sheeps



    Most of the horde priests I've seen are BE, sorta giving me the impression that it's probably the best one. I'm leaning more towards BE then anything else atm, just would like people's input. :)
     
    oh well taurens are my 2nd option cause of the stun and the 5% base hp and nature res
     
    I like tauren, I feel that warstomp has more defensive use than AT. As for resistances, you're just as likely to see an enh shammy on O as you are to see a mage. Most horde priests are BE because they are the best race for pugs on top of having versatile racials.
     
    Undead frustrate me by far the most as a warlock, but I could def see belf or maybe tauren being better all things considered.
     
    Rivfader said:
    I like tauren, I feel that warstomp has more defensive use than AT. As for resistances, you're just as likely to see an enh shammy on O as you are to see a mage. Most horde priests are BE because they are the best race for pugs on top of having versatile racials.



    I agree, since Warstomp actually has some kind of an effect towards everyone. As for AT, it only affects casters.



    I do plan on premading, so I guess I'm debating between Tauren and Undead.
     
    You aren't very likely to see a warlock on O and psychic scream can be avoided, or have it's effectiveness mitigated by proper positioning. Tauren comes out on top for me since NR effects roots, earthbind, purge, and windshear. Even better if PW:S resists purges based on the resistance of the casting priest as I suspect.
     
    Just going to grin. :)



    But, Tauren / Blood Elf are what you should be choosing between. Tauren Female Priest QTs?
     
    Opinion said:
    Just going to grin. :)



    But, Tauren / Blood Elf are what you should be choosing between. Tauren Female Priest QTs?



    Haha. :p



    And yeah, I figured. I think I've decided on Female Tauren. Pretty unique too, imo.
     
    ' best race as a defensive holy priest '



    It really depends on your play style ,



    - Troll haste could be considered defensive since if you chain it with lifebloom you can land some pretty fast heal for the next 30 second



    - Bloodelf arcane torrent is more of a offensive spell , you could argue that you can use it against casters to silence them mid cast and then take less dmg. But there is already very few casters in BGs and most of them are mage that won't get in your melee range most likely.



    - Undead fear break is nice to keep your teamate alive when you get CCed , because eating a full 8 second fear sucks. Though it's not going to help you survive much if you are the one getting focused.



    - Goblin rocket jump is nice to get away from melee , which honestly is what will hurt the most ( warrior and rogue ) also depending where you use it you can get pretty far away from your target if you are going downhill.



    - Tauren aoe stun is mainly defensive, its pretty nice to get 1 flash heal off without being worried about getting kickced or even to run away from your target if you aren't slowed. It can also be used offensively to interupt a cast , the only downside compared to arcane torrent is that its not instant.





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    I suppose since you said defensive holy priest is that you want to stay alive longer. I suggest going tauren as the stun and chatise don't share DR since one of them is a incap and the other 1 a stun. This combined with fear gives you alot CC against rogue even if they trinket your fear.





    my second best option would be goblin, chatise then goblin jump away would work like a charm.





    NOTE- that most of the racial have more use than what I mentionned , though those are the most common
     

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